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Agreed. The Concords play the finest version of Ives' First SQ that I've ever heard -- and their Second SQ is outstanding as well.

Thanks kinuta! Absolutely. But right now I'm glad to have both!

I got all fourteen of these classical CDs for $1 each. with Arthur Grumiaux (vn)

From Spanish guitar to French piano:

Earlier: Yesterday afternoon, I took a spill on my motorcycle while riding in the mountains up in North Georgia. I'm OK, but I broke my left clavicle and a few ribs. ... This music makes me feel better. Jug always sounds great, and I'm sure the pain meds I'm taking aren't hurting my enjoyment.

I don't see why it wouldn't work. ... Of course, not having seen it, I can't attest to the quality of the kit. But -- theoretically -- having the vac separated from the unit shouldn't be a problem. If you did go that route, I think I'd also invest in a junked turntable -- so you could spin clean LPs on a 'table other than your "real" rig. I know that a bunch of dust & crud quickly accumulates on my vac unit. Wouldn't want all that gunk on my working turntable.

Good stuff.

I've never heard that one. Is it similar to Munch's recording of Berlioz's Requiem for RCA with the Boston SO?

Yes, it's an excellent LP. Really, I think all of the Hanna-Mraz duo collaborations are special. Bummer about the blown fuses.

Yes!!!

Enrico Pieranunzi & Marc Johnson - Yellow & Blue Suites (Challenge) Keep coming back to this one again and again. Ben Allison & Medicine Wheel - Riding the Nuclear Tiger (Palmetto)

Jerry Jeff Walker - Great Gonzos (MCA)

You're not alone. Lots of folks dislike Ormandy. I have a soft spot for him because his recordings of Charles Ives' music were my gateway into Ives' world. Ormandy's version of "Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut" -- from Three Places in New England -- FLATTENED me when I first heard it in college. I'd never heard anything like it, and I've loved Ives' music ever since. Gotta say tho', I like Ormandy in other repertory too -- especially Russian composers like Rimsky-Korsakov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky. Even Prokofiev and Shostakovich. I also appreciate his Sibelius and many of his recordings by French and Spanish composers. Just my 2 cents. Now playing: Disc 2 - Music by Ravel, de Falla, and Rodrigo

Beethoven symphonies today. No. 4 / Jochum, LSO No. 5 / Herbert von Karajan, Berlin PO No. 6 Pastoral / Karl Böhm, Vienna PO

Jochum & the LSO performing LvB's Third Symphony. A magnificent Eroica!

Speaking of Rubinstein: Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rubinstein, Ormandy, Philadelphia O (RCA) Also: Rachmaninov: The Bells / Kondrashin, Moscow PO, et al (Angel / Melodiya)

J.S. Bach: The Complete Flute Sonatas / Jean-Pierre Rampal, Robert Veyron-Lacroix (Columbia Odyssey) Sides 1 & 2 My copy doesn't have as much ring-wear as shown in the pic above!

Arnold Bax: Tone Poems, Vol. 2 / Thomson, Ulster Orchestra (Chandos)